Derasha 14 on Vayikra 12:3

TT #14 · Parshas Tazria · Aliyah 1 · Passuk 3

The Complete Passuk

וּבַיּ֖וֹם הַשְּׁמִינִ֑י יִמּ֖וֹל בְּשַׂ֥ר עָרְלָתֽוֹ׃

English: On the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

Chabad.org — Chumash, English translation + Rashi for Vayikra 12:3

Source Citation

Torah Temimah cites Shabbos 132a.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Shabbos 132a
דְּאָמַר קְרָא: ״וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁמִינִי יִמּוֹל בְּשַׂר עׇרְלָתוֹ״, וַאֲפִילוּ בְּשַׁבָּת.

English: The verse says, “On the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised”—even if the eighth day falls on Shabbos.

Type of Learning

Textual inference

What Is Learned

The wording “on the eighth day” establishes that circumcision on the eighth day overrides Shabbos.